Yesterday, 8,498 vaccine doses were administered by Victoria's state-commissioned services. The total number of doses administered through state-run services is 4,766,698.
93.4 per cent of Victorians aged 16 and over have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 87.9 per cent have had two doses. 93.1 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 87.0 per cent have had two doses. This excludes the most recent Commonwealth data.
There are 394 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria. 75 of those cases are in intensive care, with 46 cases on a ventilator.
Victoria was notified of 905 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. All cases were locally acquired. The 10 Local Government Areas with the highest number of new cases are Casey, Wyndham, Greater Dandenong, Hume, Brimbank, Melton, Melbourne, Port Phillip, Glen Eira and Whittlesea.
All locations containing new cases will be published today at Victorian COVID-19 data.
There are 17,302 active cases in Victoria. The total number of confirmed cases in Victoria since the beginning of the pandemic is 104,646.
Sadly, the Department was notified yesterday of four deaths of people aged in their 40s, 70s and 80s. This brings the total number of deaths in Victoria since the pandemic began to 1,226.
64,218 COVID-19 tests were processed yesterday. The total number of tests performed in Victoria since the pandemic began is 14,157,030.
There are currently more than 75,650 active primary close contacts in isolation in Victoria.
Updates
Wastewater detections
COVID-19 viral fragments have been detected in wastewater samples taken from the following regional areas:
- Stawell - repeated unexpected detections between 28 October and 11 November
- Lorne - repeated unexpected detections between 31 October and 10 November
- Hamilton - unexpected detection for the period 7-11 November
- Barwon Heads - unexpected detection for the period 7-10 November
- Nhill - unexpected detection for the period 7-10 November.
The detections could be an undiscovered new case or cases or could be the result of one or more people in these areas who have recovered from COVID-19 but are still shedding the virus.
Anyone who lives in, works in or has visited the areas above is urged to watch for the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms and get tested as soon as possible if symptoms develop.
